History FanFic / TheLongRoad2015

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Jack. [[SlashFic Obviously]]. Astrid seems to be getting the [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer genderflipped version of this]] from Camicazi.

* ObliviousToLove: Probably because of Jack's long period without socialization and zero experience with anything related to romance, Jack doesn't pick up on the fact that Hiccup has a crush on him, despite the latter being ''terrible'' at hiding it. To be fair, no one besides Toothless ''has'' as of yet, though this doesn't mean much as the rest either aren't paying much attention or aren't the sharpest swords in the armory. Astrid's pretty suspicious though, and she's already realizes something's off with how Hiccup acts around and involving Jack in particular.
** For his part, Hiccup was oblivious to his ''own'' feelings until the end of chapter 9, though it was pretty obvious he had a crush on Jack before that.

* PaperThinDisguise: Played for comedy, most of the time. Jack should ''not'' have been able to pass for human for as long as he has, especially since villagers keep pointing out the physically impossible things about him... and then just ignoring them, apparently. To wit, the first and only discussed thing they find strange about him is the fact that he doesn't wear boots--despite the fact that he's perpetually ''covered in frost.'' The lack of boots alone would cost a human their toes and the skin of their soles within a day in such a cold environment. Stoick privately ponders whether Jack's human after learning he can speak to dragons during the events of chapter 6, but nothing comes of it and the more ''obviously'' inhuman aspects of Jack never seem to cause concern to the adults (with the exception of Mildew).

* WizardClassic: Ombric Shalazar, though it's unknown how many, if any, of his appearances were actually the real Ombric.

* WomensMysteries: Magic is considered women's territory, and men who use it are outcasts. TruthInTelevision... kind of: in actual Viking times, ''Prophetic'' magic was considered women's magic, while Rune magic was considered men's.

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* EroticDream: Attention is drawn to Hiccup having had them at the beginning of Chapter 10. They used to involve Astrid, and the fact that they [[HomoeroticDream don't anymore]] just adds to Hiccup's stress levels.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The Vikings tend to fixate on Jack's aversion to footwear -- quite reasonable, since the cold climate means losing your toes if you run barefooted. The youth is noticeably disgruntled when Gothi forces a pair of boots on him.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "Boo."

* YouRemindMeOfX: In quirks and personality, Jack reminds Stoick of Valka, which is one of the reasons why Stoick occasionally has trouble dealing with him. It also reinforces a subtle parallel between Stoick and Hiccup, both having irrationally overprotective tendencies towards similar individuals they have romantic feelings for.

* BettyAndVeronica: Hiccup's the Archie to Astrid's Betty and Jack's Veronica, and that's not the only relationship tangle Jack's involved with, either. It's especially dramatic and/or humorous because Jack has absolutely no clue so far that he's involved with ''any'' romantic tension with anyone at all.
** [[LoveDodecahedron And if Heather's interest in Jack is genuine, she's the Veronica to Hiccup's Betty for Jack's Archie.]]

* ButterflyOfDoom: To avoid this hypothetical scenario, Jack has kept the fact that he's from the future a secret, although if Hiccup and the riders continue to get involved with supernatural shenanigans, it probably won't stay that way.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Pitch disguises himself as Ombric Shalazar, a wizard and ally, to get the Guardians to drink hot chocolate laced with some sort of sleeping drug. Though the other Guardians fall into complete unconsciousness, Jack manages to resist it long enough to be aware of Pitch tossing him through Ombric's time machine, which lands him in Viking times about a millennium in the past. PlayedWith, as Jack adapts to the actual time difference fairly well--though the idea of waiting centuries to see everyone again makes him sad, it's not the time-based ''change'' in society that throws him off, but adapting to living in ''any'' human society again. Ignoring his nonhuman characteristics, he actually fits into the village quite well.

* DoubleStandard: The Viking's reasoning for why magic should only be performed by women is heavily implied to boil down to the implication that men using it is a dishonorable advantage, as their role in society should be achievable by the masculine ideal of pure strength or cleverness (especially in combat), while women need magic as a handicap because they're just not as competent as men--thus, guys who use magic are stigmatized as using an effeminate handicap and reneging on the honor of their gender. Regardless of if this implication is correct, according to Hiccup male magic users are usually (at best) alienated from society and (at worst) killed on sight. Hiccup [[HeelRealization seems to become aware]] of some of the problems as he explains this to Jack, but temporarily digs himself into a hole by trying to argue that the standards of mortal men don't apply to Jack because he isn't human (something else Jack is particularly sensitive about). Hiccup's babbled attempt to explain this cultural belief ends with him feeling increasingly petty and embarrassed; see TroubledSympatheticBigot further down the page.

* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: As mentioned above under Foil, Jack is a frequent subverter of the Viking's expected gender roles: Jack is a magic-wielding healer-in-training who enjoys looking after children and making things for them, all of which is considered the women's role and work. Interestingly, while some of Jack's traits might be considered ''slightly'' stereotypically feminine to the audience, they're [[DeliberateValuesDissonance more definitively feminine-coded within the story]] due to Viking gender norms, to the point where a young child claimed that Jack had to be "Odin ''or'' a woman, one or the other" because as far as the child was taught, men ''couldn't'' be like Jack and Odin was the only accepted exception to these gender norms. Of course, rather than Jack ascribing to any particular gender roles, traditional or otherwise, it's more accurate to say he just doesn't care. After all, [[WildChild what society considers normal has never had any affect on him before]].

* HolierThanThou: Hiccup's a socially-awkward teen who is now frequently being validated for his nonconformist opinions in the long run regardless of anyone's initial disagreement, which unfortunately seems to have spawned a bit of this in his personality. When Hiccup thinks he's right, he thinks he's right; his stubborn streak means he rarely if ever backs down or reconsiders and his self-awareness regarding his uncommon intelligence means he can get quite condescending about it without even realizing it. For example, when he and Jack have their BothSidesHaveAPoint argument in chapter 11, Hiccup is the only one of the two not to sincerely be sorry for their part of the conflict, only apologizing because he feels he "has to" in order to make peace with Jack, and his understanding of Jack's perspective of the conflict can be summed up in this quote: "In a way [Jack] was like a child resenting rules set by adults; it didn't matter that the rules were only meant to keep him safe, only that they stopped him from doing as he pleased." Rather than respecting Jack as an equal and trying to understand why Jack regarded Hiccup's stance as such a violation, Hiccup analogically places himself as the adult who must reign in an unruly child, which is ''deeply'' condescending--especially towards someone Hiccup has romantic interest in.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Hiccup's amazing contortionist skills when it comes to putting his foot in his mouth can occasionally be observed on full display here, especially when he interacts with Jack. Within two minutes of introducing himself to Jack, Hiccup manages to insult Jack by briefly treating him like a petting zoo animal. Then there's the whole awkward "Seiðmaðr" talk...

* InternalizedCategorism: Hiccup, who is largely uninformed on the concept of homosexuality outside of homophobic slurs and the tendency for Viking raiders to "unman" their defeated enemies, [[WordOfGod "believes it would be impossible for a man to consent to having sex with another man"]] and interprets his sexual interest in Jack as a desire to sexually assault him. He subsequently spends quite a while alternating between having a nervous breakdown out of shame, horror, and guilt, and struggling to repress his interest, as he feels it's a wrong against his friend and considers his interest an actual threat to Jack. One wonders if he'll ever learn about [[WordOfGay Gobber]]...
** In chapter 10, Jack smiles at Hiccup while attempting to comfort him over Toothless' eradic behavior and the threat of Nest Killer, and Hiccup [[ImagineSpot imagines kissing him in that moment.]] He describes said moment as "horrifying."

* InvisibleToNormals: Discussed and notably averted. Despite Jack's struggles to be seen in the modern era, he's yet to come across a person who ''can't'' see him in the Viking era. This is especially interesting considering the Fearlings ''were'' invisible until Jack told people about them, meaning Jack being visible is an exception, not a norm. Why that is has yet to be explained, but it's implied it may be because Jack's existence fits far better into the Vikings' preexisting beliefs than Fearlings; Hiccup himself, for example, never questions ''how'' Jack exists, but rather frequently tries to contextualize him within the Norse worldview (Jack's varyingly been mistaken for a Seiðmaðr, frost giant, god, and elf. The latter is Hiccup and Gothi's current theory, and probably the closest, considering the film's official materials actually ''do'' describe Jack as an "ice elf").